SpicyAnt@mander.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoTeleportation machines exist. Most people use them, and they come out the other side just fine. Would you use them?message-squaremessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareTeleportation machines exist. Most people use them, and they come out the other side just fine. Would you use them?SpicyAnt@mander.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square89fedilinkfile-text
Would it make a difference if the laws of physics prevent or allow a machine from operating in ‘duplicate’ mode?
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoEmerson Green convinced me that p-zombies are plausible. So there’s no way to know if a teleporter would end your consciousness.
minus-squaresomename [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoP-zombies always seemed like anti-materialist navel gazing to me. I don’t think they’re meaningfully possible.
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoFrom my perspective, it is the materialists who are navel-gazing.
minus-squarewoodenghost [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoMaybe not from the outside, but you’d still know if you’re conscious, right?
Emerson Green convinced me that p-zombies are plausible. So there’s no way to know if a teleporter would end your consciousness.
P-zombies always seemed like anti-materialist navel gazing to me. I don’t think they’re meaningfully possible.
From my perspective, it is the materialists who are navel-gazing.
Maybe not from the outside, but you’d still know if you’re conscious, right?